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Making Sense of Your Genes: A Guide to Genetic Counselling
- Genetic Alliance , 2008The goal of genetic counseling is to help you learn more about the causes of genetic conditions and how they affect you. Genetic counselors can review your family medical histories and explain how genetic conditions are passed down through families.(695 views)

Biological Relatives: IVF, Stem Cells, and the Future of Kinship
by Sarah B. Franklin - Duke University Press , 2013Franklin explores how the normalization of IVF has changed how both technology and biology are understood. Drawing on science studies, Franklin charts the evolution of IVF from an experimental research technique into a global technological platform.(899 views)

The Science and Applications of Microbial Genomics
- National Academies Press , 2013Participants examined the use of microbial genomics to explore the diversity, evolution, and adaptation of microorganisms in a wide variety of environments; the molecular mechanisms of disease emergence and epidemiology; and more...(5013 views)

Genetic Disorders
by Maria Puiu (ed.) - InTech , 2013Human genetics is the medical field with the most rapid progress. This book aims to provide an overview on some of the latest developments in several genetic diseases. This is a valuable resource for medical practitioners, researchers and students.(3639 views)

A Guide to Genetics and Health
- Genetic Alliance , 2006Genetics helps to explain: What makes you unique, or one of a kind; Why family members look alike; Why some diseases like diabetes or cancer run in families; How learning your family health history can help you stay healthy; and much more.(2155 views)

Understanding Genetics
- Genetic Alliance , 2009The purpose of this manual is to provide an educational genetics resource for individuals, families, and health professionals. The manual begins with a basic introduction to genetics concepts, followed by a description of genetic tests.(3061 views)

Genetic Testing Stories
by Nicole Exe, et al. - Genetic Alliance , 2006Here is a collection of incredible stories: the stories of men, women, and children who have suffered from uncertainty, misdiagnosis, a lack of options and, in some cases, tragic loss. They offer us a window into the world of diagnostic odyssey...(1603 views)

Chromosomal Variation in Man:
by Digamber S Borgaonkar - National Center for Biotechnology Information , 2012This volume provides an unparalleled means of reviewing the world literature on all common and rare chromosomal alterations and abnormalities. Subject areas: variations and anomalies, numerical anomalies, and chromosomal breakage syndromes.(2394 views)

Mutations in Human Genetic Disease
by David N. Cooper, Jian-Min Chen - InTech , 2012The authors from diverse backgrounds describe how the nature, location and frequency of different types of mutation causing inherited disease are shaped in large part, and often in remarkably predictable ways, by the local DNA sequence environment.(2920 views)

Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity
- National Academies Press , 1997This report examines the scientific merits and value of research on human genetic or genomic variation and the organizational and ethical issues that such research poses in a more-general context than the proposed Human Genome Diversity Project.(1961 views)

Gene Therapy: Developments and Future Perspectives
by Chunsheng Kang - InTech , 2011The aim of this book is to cover key aspects of existing problems in the field of development and future perspectives in gene therapy. Contributions consist of basic and translational research, as well as clinical experiences.(4594 views)

Human Genetics for the Social Sciences
by Gregory Carey - Sage Publications , 2002This book is for students in the behavioral sciences who need to understand genetics, but who have little training in biology. The text provides the basic biology which is essential for genetics and an overview of the principles of genetics.(5729 views)

The Evolution of Aging
by Theodore C. Goldsmith - Azinet LLC , 2006This book provides a historical review of biological aging theories including underlying evolution and genetics issues and describes exciting recent discoveries and new theories that are causing renewed interest in aging-by-design.(5483 views)

Comparative Genomics
by Nicholas H. Bergman - Humana Press Inc. , 2007A collection of robust protocols for molecular biologists beginning to use comparative genomic analysis tools in a variety of areas. The available chapters describe National Center for Biotechnology Information resources available to the public.(7425 views)

The New Genetics
- NIGMS , 2006An introduction to genetics. From the table of contents: Foreword; How Genes Work; RNA and DNA Revealed: New Roles, New Rules; Life's Genetic Tree; Genes Are Us; 21st-Century Genetics; Glossary; Poster: Living Laboratories.(8549 views)

Behavioral Genetics
by Catherine Baker - AAAS , 2004An introduction to how genes and environments interact through development to shape differences in mood, personality, and intelligence. An introduction for non-scientists to the behavioral genetics and its broader ethical and social implications.(9990 views)

Genethics: Moral Issues in the Creation of People
by David Heyd - University of California Press , 1994Unprecedented advances in medicine, genetic engineering, and demographic forecasting raise new questions that strain the categories and assumptions of traditional ethical theories. Heyd's approach resolves many paradoxes in intergenerational justice.(7350 views)

Human Genetics for M-1 Students
by Elliot Kaufman, Robert Tissot , 2008This online textbook covers the classical portions of human genetics required of all first year medical students. This course focuses on four areas, classical or Mendelian genetics, multifactorial inheritance, cytogenetics, and mathematical genetics.(7645 views)

Human Molecular Genetics 2
by Tom Strachan, Andrew P. Read - Wiley-Liss , 1999An introduction to the molecular aspects of human genetics for students and scientists. It has a large amount of useful information regarding experimental approaches in human molecular genetics, and clinical ramifications of basic science research.(15774 views)

Genomes
by T.A. Brown - Bios Scientific Publishers Ltd , 2002Modern molecular genetics from the genomics perspective. It incorporates major advances made recently, including the sequencing of the human genome, characterization of genome expression and replication processes, and transcriptomics and proteomics.(30484 views)

The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes
by Laura Dean, Johanna McEntyre - NCBI , 2004Guide to the variations in our DNA that influences our risk of developing diabetes. The book introduces the reader to what diabetes is and how it develops. Written for anyone interested in science, patients with diabetes, physicians, students, etc.(9668 views)

Genes and Disease
- NCBI , 2008A collection of articles that discuss genes and the diseases that they cause. These genetic disorders are organized by the parts of the body that they affect. With each genetic disorder, the underlying mutation is discussed.(8689 views)